used for sketching. nice dark ink, very fine line. my only gripe is I ordered 10 of them and one arrived with the cap off and the tip damaged, so is not usable. this happened because a soft mailer was used rather than a box.

My paintings are made more interesting with LePen Drawing pens.I can use them to make the painting more detailed over acrylic paint forms, such as houses, trees, and figures. I love the ease of drawing with LePen Drawing pens. The thinnest lines can be achieved.They have a good ink flow even on canvas.

It looks plain & has a funny name, but it writes nice at an unbelievable price,

As good as a Micron or One of my copic sp liners. the only con is the felt tip brush, which is too soft for & spongey IMO to ink outlines cleanly & accurate. I'm just going to use mine to fill in black areas.

I am a professional pen and ink artist. I've used them all. The expensive Microns. The overpriced V5, V7 Pilots. The Le Pen has the most consistent, darkest ink from any of the pens I've used. Also, it has a marker, like, tip rather than a nib, so it can be used on canvas, and rougher surfaces with better consistency. The only reason it didn't get a perfect score is because it's a bit uncomfortable on the grip. But I get over it.

I use pens like these for inking my drawings before using either alcohol based markers or watercolors to color them. I have tried Copic, Sakura Microns, and my go to liner for the longest time has been Prismacolor's Premier liners. After about a year I've managed to bust the tip on my .05 and .1 liners several times and I've been looking for a cheaper replacement. I saw the Marvy LePen fineliners and for the price I figured I could give them a try and it wouldn't hurt my wallet too much. I was pleasantly surprised! The LePen Drawing pen are wonderful quality. They produce solid, bold black lines that don't smudge or run with either alcohol markers or watercolors. And I think the tips might even be more sturdy than my Prismacolor pens were. After doing a few side by side comparisons I even think the LePen gave a finer crisper line. I'm am very happy with this purchase and will certainly be purchasing the LePen more in the future. And I think my wallet will be happier for it.

The price of this product compared to similar, competitive alternatives is:

Overpriced

Bottom LineNo, I would not recommend this to a friend

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